Barber-pole.



Patented Nov. 20, I900.

0-. R. HANSON.

BARBER POLE.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1906.)

No Mudel.)

UNirno STATES FFICEQ BARBER-PO LE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,979, dated November20, 1900.

Application filed August 17,1900. Serial. No. 27,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

I Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN RASMUS HANSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Savanna, in the county of Carroll and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Barber-Pole, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an advertising device, and pertains moreparticularly to a barber-pole; and the object in view is to providesimple and effective means for rotating and illuminating a pole of thecharacter set forth, so that it will be rendered particularly attractiveboth during daylight and at night and whereby pleasing designs may bepresented and a unique operation produced which will have the desiredresult of demanding and enticing the attention of persons passing thesame, as well as clearly give the location in darkness of the businesswhich it represents.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and.

claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a barber-pole embodying thefeatures of the invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section ofthe upper portion of the improved device. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectiontaken through an intermediate plane thereof.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a base, which in the present instance iscubical, but may be varied in contour at will and embellished with anysuitable applied ornamentation. A pedestal or upright 2 rises from thebase and may also be shaped and provided with surface ornamentation, asdesired, the upper or top portion of the said pedestal or upright beingflat, as at 3, and substantially square to form a stable support. In asuitable seat on this flat top portion of the pedestal the lower end ofa glass cylinder at is fixed, the upper end of the said cylinder beingsurmounted by a cap 5, similar in shape to the said flat top, and tiedor connected to the latter by four rods 6, preferably formed of brassand having spherical knobs 7 on their upper ends. The surface contour ofthese rods may also be varied, as well as the terminal knobs thereof,and the length of the same will depend on the length of the partsbetween the flat top 3 and the cap 5, and from the center of the latterrises or extends a tubular section S, on the upper end of which isapplied what may be termed a capital 9, having a bore 10 therethrough,and gives support to a substantially spherical freely-rotatablepropeller 11, having outstanding segmental wings 12 for contact withcurrents of air. This propeller may also be varied in shape and generalconstruction, and it is proposed to suitably ornament the surface of thecapital and section below the same, as well as the propeller itself, inconsonance with the design that may be present in the entire device. Thepropeller has a depending spindle 13 secured thereto,which extendsdownwardly through the capital and into the section 8 a suitabledistance and has a horizontallydisposed friction-disk 14 on the lowerend, which rotates therewith. As shown, this disk 14 is sleeved on thespindle and is free to move vertically to compensate for the inwardpressure on the propeller, which is provided with an inner socket 15 tofit over the upper extremity of the capital 9 to produce a regularrotative movement thereof and true the spindle in its rotation. Thelower end of the spindle is reduced and stepped in a crossarm 16,diametrically positioned in a ringframe 17, secured to the interiorlower por tion of the section 8 andagainst the wall of a circularopening 18 in the center of the cap 5, the said opening 18 providingmeans of communication between the section and the cylinder below. Thedisk 14 normally bears on a vertically-disposed friction-disk 19 on theinner extremity of a short counter-shaft 20, having bearing at oppositeends, respectively, in the ring-frame and the cross-arm thereof. On theouter extremity of the shaft 20 is a'pinion 21, which meshes with anannular toothed rim 22, secured to the upper end of an insidenormally-transparent cylinder 23, with a lower closed end. Within thecylinder 23 a spider 24 is fixed, and extending centrally therethroughand through the cylinder is a spindle 25, which provides the axis ofrotation for said latter cylinder and hearing at opposite ends,respectively, in the capital disposed ill18I6OV6l',iS a reflecting;

plate or surface 27 to throw the light or lightrays downwardly into thecylinders 4 and 23.

The cylinder 23, as before stated, is normally.

transparent; but a very attractive efiect is produced by applying spiralstripes 28 therearound on the exterior, which-will render the saidcylinder translucent, the lightshowing up the colors of the stripes,preferably red,

and White, in alternation, and this efiect, combined with the rotativeaction of the cylinder 23 and the reflected light on the exteriorthereof within the cylinder 4, will present a very beautiful appearanceat night. During daylight it is proposed to cut out the light, and atall times the cylinder 23 will be shielded by the cylinder 4. Manyvarious light effecrs will be used, and it is proposed to place thelighting device at any point and also to use other motive means, theformset forth being simple and demonstrating one practical adaptation, andas the use of a motor at the present time is within the purview of anyinvention to which such adevice is applicable it is also proposed attimes to substitute either a spring or an electric motor. The cylinder23 is the salient feature of the invention when combined with theinclosiug cylinder 4:, and instead of making said cylinder 23 hollow ortubular a suitable length of barber-pole of ordinary solid form maybe substitntcd and arranged to revolve, the same effect being produced byexterior reflection thereon by the light within the cylinder 4 andproducing an attractive display through the latter. 7

In the operation of the simple form of automatic motor shown it isobvious that when the propeller 11 is rotatedby the wind or currents ofair the cylinder 23 Willbe correspondingly actuated through the mediumof the intermediate mechanism set forth. The several parts are of adurable nature, and though the preferred arrangement has been shown anddescribed it is obvious, aside from the substitutions already noted,that other changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details maybe resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. Abarber-pole having a rotatable member-,a fixed transparent cylinder inclosin g said member, and an eXteriorly-exposed wind-ac-' tuated devicefor operating the said rotatable member.

2. Abarber-pole having a rotatable member with a surface design thereon,a stationary transparent cylinder inclosing said member, means engagingthe upper portion of the member for rotating the same, and means forilluminating both the member and the interior of the cylinder which isentirely independent of the means for rotating said member.

3. A barber-polecomprising twotubular .members, the outer one beingfixed and the inner one rotatable and exposed through said outer member,the inner member being operated by mechanism from above the upper end ofthe same, and lighting means above the plane of both members andoperating to illuminate'the interior of the inner member.

4. A barber-pole having a. rotatable mem ber,afiXed transparentcylinderin closing said member, means for illuminating the said parts,and an exteriorly-exposed wind-actuated device-for. operating the saidrotatable member.

'5. Abarber-pole havinga base and a pe'destal with afiat top, atransparent cylinderstationarily mounted on the said top, a stationarycap on the upper end of the cylinder, vertical rods for connecting theflat top and cap, a capital supported above the cap and having anopening extending therethrough, a striped rotatable member locatedwithin the cylinder an'd" having a closed'bottom and an opentop,mechanism mounted on and extending through the capital and the cap andlocated in thelatterfor operatingthe said member, and means within thecap for illuminating the member and cylinder.

6. A barber-pole having a rotatable illuminated member. with aspindleextending therethrough and forininga movable support there- 'for, and astationary transparent cylindersurrounding the said member.

7. A barber-pole having an inner rotatable memberhaving a closed bottomand an open top, means for illuminating the latter from the interior andlocated over said top, and an upper exteriorly-exposedwind-actuateddevicefor operating the said rotatable member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

- CHRISTIAN RASM US HANSON.

Witnesses:

Gno. D. BRoNN, ARTHUR P. Woonnunr.

